DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z July 8, 2014
SMOKE: Canada/US: A large area of light to heavy density smoke is visible in satellite imagery this morning ranging from northern Canada to the midwest US. Areas affected by heavy smoke include eastern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and western Manitoba, eastern Montana and western North Dakota. Medium density and light density areas include NW Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, eastern Montana, western North Dakota, South Dakota, northern Nebraska, southern Minnesota, western Iowa and Illinois. This remnant smoke originates from the wildfires that have been burning the past few weeks in the NW Territories surrounding the Great Bear Lake. DUST: Southeast US: A plume of blowing dust is visible off the coast of Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. The dust is most likely Saharan in origin and has been blowing around the Gulf the last few days. Oegerle THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE..TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/land/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov